Sara Fischer / Axios: Email: X no longer lets advertisers promote accounts within the platform’s timeline to gain followers; a source says Follower Objective ads made $100M+ annually  —  X, the company formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform’s timeline … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Setapp, known for its Mac and iOS app subscription service, plans to open an alternative iOS and iPadOS app store in 2024 in the EU, taking advantage of the DMA  —  Setapp is planning to launch its own alternative App Store in the EU in 2024, taking advantage of law changes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Paul / Popular Science: To comply with a state law requiring that school library books be “age appropriate”, an Iowa school district used ChatGPT to find books depicting “a sex act”  —  Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: GOP Rep. Don Bacon says the FBI alerted him on Monday that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, around the time of other Microsoft account breaches  —  Rep. Don Bacon said he was told of the hacking Monday; he pledged to ‘work overtime’ to win passage of an aid package for Taiwan Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Substack now lets users follow an individual writer without having to subscribe to their newsletter, a further expansion into social networking after Notes  —  Substack now lets you follow writers, offering a way for you to keep tabs on what a writer is doing without having to subscribe to their newsletter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at China’s sweeping AI rules, taking effect on August 15 and overseen by seven agencies, which soften an April 2023 draft and follow European regulators  —  – Europe has also delved into rules for protecting individuals  —  Beijing is poised to implement sweeping new regulations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Fung / CNN: The FCC says 20M+ US households are now enrolled to receive $30/month in subsidies for internet access, up from 16M+ in February 2023 and 10M+ in February 2022  —  More than 20 million US households are now receiving discounts on internet service as part of a federal program created to close … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: Southeast Asian internet giant Sea reports Q2 revenue up 5.2% YoY to $3.1B, vs. $3.2B est., and Shopee revenue up 21% YoY, the slowest on record; SE drops 25%+  —  – Online-retail arm Shopee posts slowest growth on record  — Tech firm’s shares plunge about 13% in pre-market trading Lees verder op Tech Meme